FFastfill to join Dearly Departed

The deal is all but done. AIM-listed derivatives software firm FFastfill is to de-list in a month’s time now that the offer (see here) from Pattington, part of the Dublin-based Ion Group (bond and derivatives trading and clearing software) has been declared unconditional. FFastfill joins ex-AIM stablemate Patsystems, which Ion rescued at the end of 2011 (see here). Pattington was already holding 25% of FFastfill’s stock when it made its 20p per share offer, then a 32% premium on the prior day’s close.